84882 Table Mountain

84882 Table Mountain
Discovery [1]
Discovered byJ. W. Young
Discovery siteTable Mountain Obs.
Discovery date1 February 2003
Designations
(84882) Table Mountain
Named after
Table Mountain Observatory[2]
(discovering observatory)
2003 CN16 · 1997 UB9
main-belt[1][3] · (middle)
background[4][5]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc20.71 yr (7,565 d)
Aphelion3.4081 AU
Perihelion1.8620 AU
2.6351 AU
Eccentricity0.2934
4.28 yr (1,562 d)
10.961°
0° 13m 49.44s / day
Inclination13.857°
20.490°
349.84°
Physical characteristics
3.023±3.023 km[4][6]
3.027±0.563 km[4][7]
0.279±0.146[7]
0.306±0.075[6]
S/Q (SDSS-MOC)[8]
14.6[1][3]

84882 Table Mountain (provisional designation 2003 CN16) is a bright background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 1 February 2003, by American astronomer James Whitney Young at the Table Mountain Observatory near Wrightwood, California.[1] The S/Q-type asteroid was later named after the discovering observatory.[2]

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